In compliance with ABA Standard 509, the following information about Harvard Law School and its JD Program is provided to current and prospective students. The 2017 Standard 509 Information Report is compiled from the latest (AY 2017) information submitted in the annual ABA questionnaire.

Section 509 (b): A law school shall publicly disclose on its website, in the form and manner and for the time frame designated by the Council, the following information:

Conditional scholarship retention data is not available because Harvard Law School does not award conditional scholarships as defined under ABA Standard 509(d). Therefore, we do not post an ABA Conditional Scholarship Retention Worksheet.

The ABA’s definition of a conditional scholarship is: “any financial aid award, the retention of which is dependent upon the student maintaining a minimum grade point average or class standing, other than that ordinarily required to remain in good academic standing.” Harvard Law School does not award scholarships that are conditional on law school academic performance; therefore we do not post an ABA Conditional Scholarship Retention Worksheet.